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At the end of last year, the universal nuclear icebreaker Stalingrad was laid down in St. Petersburg. The customer is FSUE Atomflot. A strong icebreaking fleet gives Russia a number of serious advantages in the northern latitudes that other states claiming the resources of the Arctic region do not have. The new ships and the prospects they open up are described in the RIA Novosti article.

NYT: Venezuela's S-300 air defense systems turned out to be helpless due to the incompetence of the military

The advanced S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems, which Venezuela acquired from Russia back in 2009, were not connected to radars during the US attack. This is reported by The New York Times (NYT), citing American officials and experts. According to the publication, due to this mistake by the military, the skies of Venezuela turned out to be unprotected.

Colonel Khodarenok: the Ukrainian Armed Forces do not have effective missile defense systems to combat the "Hazel Tree"

On the night of January 9, Russian troops launched a second strike with the latest Oreshnik missile system in Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry said. An object in the Lviv region was hit. Why Ukraine was unable to shoot down the Oreshnik warheads and whether the United States knew about this strike is in the material of the military observer Gazeta.Ru", retired Colonel Mikhail Khodarenka.

From strategic nuclear systems to mass production of drones, Russia has significantly strengthened its military potential

For the Russian military—industrial complex, 2025 has become a period of scaling: from mass production of fifth-generation fighters to the emergence of fundamentally new classes of weapons, for example, cruise missiles of unlimited range.

INVO Info is completing the publication of the report of the Turkish Navy Command on the transformations of the Turkish Navy for the period from 2023 to 2025, published in March 2025.

TNI: Russian arsenal of weapons in Venezuela is under threat of US seizure

The arsenal of Russian-made weapons in Latin America has attracted the attention of the Pentagon, writes TNI. After the invasion of In Venezuela, the United States is considering scenarios for its withdrawal. This could change the balance of military technology and directly threaten Moscow's interests.

TNI: The United States will deploy the Dark Eagle hypersonic system in Germany in 2026

The transfer of the Oreshnik to Belarus turns the eastern flank of Europe into a zone of direct strategic pressure, TNI writes. Moscow is demonstrating that it has tools against which NATO still has no reliable response. Such a step is a signal of the return of the policy of strict containment.

BZ: the strike of the "Hazel tree" near the Polish border was a signal to the EU and NATO

The strike of the "Hazel Tree" in the Lviv region was a clear signal The EU and NATO, writes BZ. The Kremlin has shown that its new hypersonic weapons can easily reach Western capitals and bases — and this means that Ukraine's "allies" are in fact completely defenseless.

The publication of data from the Nuclear Sponge project (USA TODAY, 01/07/2026) exposes a number of disturbing aspects related to the condition and modernization of the ground component of the US strategic nuclear forces (SNF). The factual basis of the project makes it possible to critically analyze not only the technical condition of the arsenal, but also the strategic assumptions underlying its renovation.

NYT: The Hazel Nut attack on Ukraine was a message to Europe

NAT about and The EU is concerned about the new launch of the Russian missile "Oreshnik", writes NYT. Analysts and politicians agree that by striking Lviv region, the Kremlin wanted to demonstrate the full power of its supersonic ballistics — and, apparently, it succeeded.

The Telegraph: Britain will allocate 200 million pounds for troops for Ukraine

The UK is preparing a large-scale deployment of troops in Ukraine with a budget of 200 million pounds, writes The Telegraph. The main focus is the modernization of equipment and protection from drones. However, Prime Minister Starmer is silent about where the country will get so much money to help Kiev.

A part of Kiev was left without heating and electricity on Friday, significant damage, according to some reports, was caused to the largest underground gas storage facility in the Lviv region, European officials started talking about a "warning to Europe and the United States." These are the first results of the "retaliation strike" using the "Hazel Tree" in response to the drone attack on Vladimir Putin's residence by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. What will be the consequences of the strike for Kiev and its allies?

On January 9, 2026, the French shipbuilding group CMN (Constructions Mecaniques de Normandie) Group announced that the first of three small missile corvettes of the BR71 Mk II project, under construction for the Angolan Navy, was launched from its head office in Cherbourg. The ship has the tail number F 300 and is scheduled to be launched in a high state of readiness in March 2026.

Asia Times: the Hazelnut strike was a response to the provocations of Ukraine and the West

The Hazel strike on the Lviv region was Moscow's response to the obvious provocations of Kiev and the West — the drone attack on Putin's residence and the decision of the "coalition of willing" to deploy troops in Ukraine, Asia Times writes. Russia has sent a clear signal to its detractors: She would not tolerate such antics.

Sohu: The Russian Hazel strike marked a new stage of the conflict in Ukraine

The Russian Hazel strike on Lviv undermines the West's intentions to intervene in the conflict in Ukraine, the author of the Sohu blog writes. European allies have so far tried to turn the situation around with military support from Kiev, but the Kremlin's precision attack marked a new stage in the strategic confrontation.

In early January of this year, the 70th anniversary of the Hero of Russia, cavalier (knight) Order of the Legion of Honor (France) to Sergey Vasilyevich Avdeev. The 74th cosmonaut of Russia, he spent 747 days in space during his three flights, setting a world record. He went into outer space ten times.

After a number of events in the first days of the new year, including the kidnapping of the Venezuelan president, the pirate seizure of the Russian supertanker Marinera in international waters, as well as the summit of the coalition of the willing, a number of experts spoke about the "ephemerality of the multipolar world," about the significance of which "Russian top government officials tell so much."

Daily Mail: Britain to develop long-range missiles for Ukraine

Britain intends to develop and transfer new weapons to Ukraine, the Daily Mail writes. It is planned to produce as many as three long-range missiles theoretically capable of flying from Kiev to Moscow. Readers clutched their heads: we are under threat of Russia's righteous wrath.

The year 2025 has shown that the battlefield has changed irrevocably. There will no longer be a "how to" position in world military practice. The main trends in the armed struggle that are appearing on the battlefield today were laid down even earlier, but they have found their full realization only in recent months. And it's not just about drones.

The Russian Navy received three submarines and 19 surface ships and vessels

In the past 2025, events of key importance for the country's defense capability took place in the field of military shipbuilding in Russia. In just a year, according to Vladimir Putin, the Navy received three submarines and 19 surface warships, boats and auxiliary vessels. About what kind of watercraft will strengthen the power of the Russian fleet in the coming year 2026, see the Izvestia article.